Carriage-apron holder



(No Model.)

O. H. ROBERTS.

CARRIAGE APRON HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 18, 1891.

llllli lllll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- CHARLES H. ROBERTS, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARRlAGE-APRON HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,003, dated August18, 1891.

Application filed March 24,1891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. ROBERTS, a cltizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and usef ullmprovement in Carriage-Apron Holders,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a carriage-apron holder which may be readilyattached to and removed from a dasher.

It also consists in providing the device with a guard for directing rainor water from the same.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a carriage-apron holderembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view thereof,the parts being separated and on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 represents atransverse vertical section thereof. Fig. 4 represents a front view of adetached portion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a plate whose upper end is bent,forming alip B and provided with a tongue B, by which an apron issecured to said plate.

0 designates dogs, which are pivoted to the plate A and provided withhandles D for operating purposes, said dogs being adapted to passthrough slots E in abent plate or cap F, which latter is secured to thetop of the dasher.

G designates a head, which is provided with tongues H, whereby it isconnected with the dasher J.

Below the slots E are shoulders J, with which the dogs C are adapted toengage, it being noticed that springs K are connected with said dogs andthe plate A, whereby the dogs are drawn toward each other, and thus heldengaged with said shoulders J.

Depending from the front of the plateA is a guard or guard-plate'L,which when in operate position is in front of the plate F or betweensaid plate F and the head G.

When it is desired to use the apron, the dogs 0 are presented to theslots E and the plate A forced downwardly, the dogs separating, owing totheir contact with the shoulders J, on which their noses ride. When saidnoses clear said shoulders J, the dogs engage with the latter, thuslocking the plate A to the cap F, and consequently connecting the apronwith the dasher. When rain drops from the apron, it is directed by theguard L over the top of the dash-board, and thus prevented from enteringthe carriage or vehicle. (See arrow, Figs. 2 and 3.) When the apron isto be removed, the handles of the dogs are pressed toward each other,whereby the noses of the latter leave the shoulders J and the plate Awith said dogs, and the guard Lmay be removed from the cap F, afterwhich the apron may be rolled around said parts and conveniently storedin the vehicle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A plate adapted to have a carriage-apron connected therewith andprovided with a dog, in combination with a cap connectible with adasher, having a shoulder with whichsaid dog engages, thus attaching theapron to the dasher, substantially as described.

2. An apron-carrying plate provided with a dog for connection with adasher, and with a guard adapted to cover the top of the dasher forpreventing rain from passing over the same into the carriage,substantially as described.

3. The head G and slotted and shouldered cap F, connectible with adasher, in combination with apron-carrying plate A, provided with a dog0, adapted to be removably connected with said cap F, substantially asdescribed.

4. The head G and cap F, in combination with the apron-carrying plate A,provided with the dog 0 and the rain-guard L, substantially asdescribed.

CHARLES H. ROBERTS.

